Giant Gamble is Round 454 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Techniques Introduced: Look Away
- Title Page Character(s): Masaru Aoki, Katsutaka Imae, Kikumoto Coach
Summary[]
At the corner, Imae is in distress as he doesn't know if he is hurting Aoki or not. His coach is surprised that he is running out of stamina as he has never ran out before. Remembering how Imae trained hard and advanced to what he is, and now seeing how defeated he looks now, he encourages Imae to try and remember the training he did and that he isn't out of stamina, advising him to win calmly by points instead of a knockout. After the coach asks him why he has been working so hard, Imae couldn't think of anything. At Aoki's corner, Shinoda notices from the look on Aoki's face that he plans to end it in the next round, encouraging him that the champion belt is close. When the sixth round begins, Imae decides to start getting his rhythm back by attacking Aoki with jabs. Aoki knocks away a left jab and rushes towards Imae, who can't get away since his body feels heavy, to get in close range. As Imae prepares himself, Aoki stops in his tracks with a shocked reaction. With Imae curious, he stops and looks as Aoki turns his head and looks to the side. Wanting to know what Aoki is looking at, Imae also turns his head to where Aoki is looking. As everyone in the audience does the same, they are shocked to find Imae lying on the canvas and Aoki celebrating when they look back.
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